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Deprecate use of global preferences. #68

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mdickinson opened this issue Nov 28, 2016 · 0 comments
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Deprecate use of global preferences. #68

mdickinson opened this issue Nov 28, 2016 · 0 comments
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I suggest deprecating use of the global preferences (via the get_default_preferences and set_default_preferences functions, and implicitly via the three-argument form of bind_preference). This mutable global default complicates testing, and leads to code with spooky action-at-a-distance.
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